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Also Known As Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi
Born December 1, 1875 • South Africa
Died July 29, 1945 (aged 69) • South Africa
Notable Works “Ityala lamawele”
Subjects Of Study Xhosa language • grammar • orthography • syntax
Morris-Jones, oil painting by Christopher Williams, 1924; in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Sir John Morris-Jones
Welsh author, scholar, and educator
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Stuart Cloete
South African writer
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Ienăchiƫă Văcărescu
Romanian author
French writer Michel Houellebecq in 2014, wearing a dark jacket over a blue shirt, standing in front of a blue backdrop with white text and logos.
Michel Houellebecq
French author
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
Paul Auster
Paul Auster
American author
Ha Jin
Ha Jin
Chinese American writer
Sarah Josepha Hale.
Sarah Josepha Hale
American author
Simms, detail of an engraving published by Johnson, Fry and Company, 1861
William Gilmore Simms
American novelist
Merezhkovsky
Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
Russian author
Novelist Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark
British writer
Anna Cora Mowatt, engraving from a daguerreotype.
Anna Cora Mowatt
American writer
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg
American poet and historian
Edgar Lee Masters
Edgar Lee Masters
American poet
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Nick Joaquin
Filipino author
Karadžić, Vuk Stefanović
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
Serbian language scholar
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John Wain
British critic and writer
June Jordan.
June Jordan
American author
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Ibn Janāḥ
Spanish-Jewish grammarian
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D.M. Thomas
British author

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